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Plant
  habit
   trees
   shrubs
   vines / lianas
   herbaceous
   ferns & allies
   grass-like
   cactus-like / succulents
  special groups
   composites
   legumes
   milkweeds
   mints
   spurges
   dicots
   monocots
  longevity
   annual or biennial
   perennial
  armature
   unarmed
   armed
  sap
   latex absent (sap clear)
   latex present
Leaves
  arrangement/phyllotaxy
   basal
   alternate
   opposite
   whorled
   fascicled/clustered along stem
  blade division
   all simple
   deeply lobed or divided
   some or all fully compound
  leaf attachment
   sessile or nearly so
   leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
   winged petiolate
   sheathing
Inflorescence
  flowering month
   Jan.
   Feb.
   March
   April
   May
   June
   July
   Aug.
   Sept.
   Oct.
   Nov.
   Dec.
  plant sexuality
   monoecious
   dioecious
   bisexual flowers
Flower
  principal flower color
   white or cream
   purple
   blue
   green
   yellow
   orange
   red
   pink
   brown
   inconspicuous
  ovaries/pistils per flower
   1
   2-5
   more than 5
Fruit or Cone
  fruit consistency at maturity
   dry/leathery
   fleshy

Sonoran Preserve

Cass Blodgett & Katherine Darrow
Species Count: 267

Acanthaceae

Aizoaceae

Amaranthaceae

Anacardiaceae

Apiaceae

Apocynaceae

Asparagaceae

Asphodelaceae

Asteraceae

Boraginaceae

Brassicaceae

Cactaceae

Cannabaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Celastraceae

Cleomaceae

Convolvulaceae

Cucurbitaceae

Cyperaceae

Ephedraceae

Euphorbiaceae

Fabaceae

Fouquieriaceae

Geraniaceae

Juncaceae

Krameriaceae

Lamiaceae

Loasaceae

Malpighiaceae

Malvaceae

Martyniaceae

Montiaceae

Nyctaginaceae

Oleaceae

Onagraceae

Orobanchaceae

Papaveraceae

Phrymaceae

Plantaginaceae

Poaceae

Polemoniaceae

Polygonaceae

Portulacaceae

Pteridaceae

Ranunculaceae

Rhamnaceae

Rubiaceae

Santalaceae

Selaginellaceae

Simmondsiaceae

Solanaceae

Tamaricaceae

Urticaceae

Verbenaceae

Zygophyllaceae